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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 1, 2016Gaston County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, Spartanburg County, York County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at May 1, 2016, 6:24 AM EDT for Gaston County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, Spartanburg County, York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 2016, 6:24 AM EDT (10:24 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2016, 7:00 AM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Gaston County, NC, Cherokee County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 1, 3:52 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 3:52 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 4:29 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
429 AM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-020830-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
429 AM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY.
A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...PRODUCING SMALL HAIL
AND/OR GUSTY WIND...BUT THE BIGGEST THREAT WILL COME FROM
LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

..MONDAY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...SOME MAY BE ON THE STRONG
SIDE WITH AN ADDITIONAL RISK FROM LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 1:07 AM EDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 1, 4:04 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 1, 4:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 1, 5:47 AM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 1, 6:24 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 8:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	23 min
Apr 30, 8:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	3 hr
Apr 30, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	27 min
Apr 30, 9:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	23 min
Apr 30, 9:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	25 min
Apr 30, 10:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	26 min
May 1, 7:53 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	3 hr
May 1, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	25 min
May 1, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	32 min
May 1, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	28 min
May 1, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	38 min
May 1, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	29 min
May 1, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Madison, Yancey	23 min
May 1, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, McDowell, Yancey	48 min
May 1, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, McDowell	39 min
May 1, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery, Mitchell	26 min
May 1, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	38 min
May 1, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell, Rutherford	46 min
May 1, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Rutherford	48 min
May 1, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston	63 min
May 1, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union	46 min
Apr 30, 8:07 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	York	6 hr
Apr 30, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	25 min
Apr 30, 9:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	23 min
May 1, 2:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	York	3 hr
May 1, 4:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	41 min
May 1, 4:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	30 min
May 1, 5:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee, Greenville, Spartanburg	28 min
May 1, 7:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester, Union, York	58 min
May 1, 8:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester, Union	59 min
May 1, 9:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Chester, Union	109 min
May 1, 10:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	York	2 hr
May 1, 11:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Chester, Union	111 min
May 1, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	28 min
May 1, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	28 min
May 1, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	41 min
May 1, 7:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	24 min
May 1, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	37 min
May 1, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	29 min

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Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2016 Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.